Just a little update: I have spent most of last week, all morning today cleaning and sorting and organizing. The front is almost done and then it’s  to the office.  If anyone wants to buy a cheap CRT monitor 15,17,19 inch let me know I can give you a really good deal on one! I’m looking at maybe another week or two before I can starting taking customers with reasonable certainty. I am ahead of schedule and things are moving right along. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask

Bug

Wherever possible we use free and open source software with you, our valued customer and in our own use. We feel that by doing this we can add more value to your experience here. Some of the software that is completely free and available without harsh proprietary restrictions are

Mozilla Firefox – web browser
Mozilla Thunderbird – E-mail and RSS Feed reader
OpenOffice.org – Office Application Suite

Whenever possible we provide The OpenCD this is a CD full of free high – quality software in a wide range of categories. If you would like one just ask and we’ll give you one! Or, for a small service fee we can install any or all of the applications for you and provide you with a handy CD.

For more information about Open Source Software or a specific software mentioned ( or not ) feel free to inquire!

Sincerely,
GeoBug Media

Today, the first of two things is going to happen. I am going to retire my old clock radio and turn it into a point of sale workstation running Ubuntu 7.10 I’ve installed an old second graphics card so I can run dual monitors as to allow one customers can’t see and one to present to them with at the counter. I’ve got plenty to work with and this fun little machine has years of service left in it. Depending how well that goes today I am going to try to get stated on at least designing the shop’s main server which will be running Ubuntu server 7.10.

Next project is to setup maybe two windows machines and two Linux machine for the customers in the customer area. I hope to have maybe six at some point for classes and what not (three each) This weekend Paul and I are going to be cleaning up the shop and taking inventory.

What I can’t sell goes.  Thanks for all the support!

Scott

WoW! Things have really been hectic around here lately! Moving into the new shop is going just swell and the first order of business has begun!

a) a draft of the shop’s layout has been created as a blueprint.

b) some consulting has been done and a work order system designed and will be implemented when the layout is done.

c) accounting software is on the way – Quickbooks Pro

d) at the time (hopefully this weekend) the shop is laid out inventory will be taken and assessed.

e) the first phase of advertising will roll out.

Bug here, I just wanted to drop in and let y’all know that I’m having a meeting today in the hopes of getting GeoBug Media a brick & mortar establishment. Wish me luck!

Agenda: This afternoon I’m going to do a walk through around a local shop and make some assessments. Then with that information the GeoBug Media business plan & model will be written. With that I plan to seek investment capitol. I’m going to assault every resource at once: banks, grants, and perhaps personal loans. We’ll see.

Bug

I’m just stopping in to announce that beginning next week we will be discussing in depth Fedora 8 on one of our test machines. This will not be a full on compiz-fusion, high end test unfortunately but it will be all inclusive!  Previously, we have not considered Fedora at all but with our disappointment in the direction Mandriva has gone we feel that Feodora might be a good experience for users that have a little more advanced computer knowledge and who are in need of a more powerful OS than the wonderful Ubuntu flavors. We look forward to tackling this project and stay tuned for more!

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First of ll Geo and myself need a single place where we can gather ideas and we can collaborate on different projects we’re working on. We’re going to only talk about our projects here and also we are going to teach you all about Linux and general computing as a whole. You’re going to read about what we know, what we want to know, and what we think you might want to know. We take our philosophies very seriously and all the while try to be fun and open minded. I’m sure you’re going to learn more about this as we go.

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